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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1909
Page
5
Patrolman George Plummer of Station 10 fractured his left leg after falling 15 feet while chasing a crowd of youthful gamblers in a passageway behind Clifton place Roxbury. He is expected to be confined to bed for several weeks.
Grace A. Stoddard a 19 year old Syracuse University student from Binghamton committed suicide by wading into the Chenango River near midnight. Her body was recovered this morning. She had been forced to leave the university last week and return home because of a nervous breakdown from overstudy.
Among the churches of Greater Boston Sunday schools closed for summer with special musical exercises. The First Baptist and Second Unitarian in Copley square halted Sunday schools. The Church of the Advent hosted Rev Henry Belcher of England in the evening sermon. Memorial service at People's Temple featured Rev W A Cooper. Dr King preached at the evening meeting. Veterans from Gettysburg Post 191 and Chandler Post 148 attended St Mark's Brookline morning service by invitation. Tremont Street Methodist services were led by Rev C F E Davis, now Wilbraham Academy head. Rev W H Lyon preached at Sears Chapel for the Second Unitarian meeting. Whitsunday communion and Andrew Day exercises were held at the Church of the Disciples with communion at 4 39. The Second Unitarian will host summer union services for Back Bay Unitarian churches. preacher list to be finalized. Church parlors open Fridays 3 to 5 pm. June monthly communion service will be omitted.
Revere Beach illuminated with electric arches along the boulevard at 7 45 pm drew thousands for a holiday send off to summer. Large crowds arrived by streetcar and train, lights delighted spectators, and only one arrest for drunkenness was recorded by Metropolitan police.
Former Governor Guild denounces public snubs to veterans from the Spanish American War era and defends Massachusetts militia at a memorial in Warren Avenue Baptist Church. He cites high marks in marksmanship, historic actions in 1898, and calls for more enlistments and government support.
Miss Alice Prout a graduate nurse died at House of Mercy Hospital Pittsfield after an operation for kidney trouble eight weeks earlier in Pittsburg. Dr C L Scudder of Boston diagnosed a retained gauze pad left by the Pittsburg surgeon causing gangrene despite six subsequent operations.
Officers of the Ladies Tailors and Dressmakers Union 36 reported that local members face a lockout by employers Wednesday morning as the busy season ends. The dispute followed Henry Genaske’s shop at 214 Boylston Street ordering overtime, prompting overtime work refusals and the claim of an open shop.
The crowd gathers from six o clock as Ringling's circus makes final setup in Park Square. Eighty five cars and 1280 workers prepare 40 elephants for the parade with tents rising and camels in the menagerie. Route changes for the parade include a detour via St. James street.
More than two thousand people attended the reception of postulants into the sodalities of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Church of the Immaculate Conception. The event featured a triduum preached by Rev. Michael A. O Kane, with Rev. Thomas I. Gasson, S J., leading closing rites due to illness. The program included rosary, staged receptions for married and single men and women, a grand procession, the Virgin statue crowned, and an address by Father Gasson on Christian sanctity followed by papal blessing and benediction.
About 5000 union carpenters in Boston and vicinity begin the 1909 10 season with a wage rise of 4 cents an hour and year round Saturday half holidays. Most contractors sign the new agreement though a few in outlying districts may not. A strike of no more than 3M is anticipated as disputes arise with holdout employers.
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